Author: Michael Wharley
The Street Orchestra Bringing Classical Beats to Brixton
Exhibition: my portrait series showcasing the diverse young musicians of Brixton Chamber Orchestra, while celebrating Brixton's history & present, is released with a bang. Updated April '22: The series is a Finalist in the Documentary Category at The AOP Awards 2022.
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environmental | music | photography | portraiture
Hurray for Hollywood: Portraits of the Bake Off star as he goes on tour.
Shooting portraits of the celebrity baker as he prepares to go out on a 'Baking Bonanza' tour across the UK, but sadly not a crumb of cake in sight...
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advertising | behind the scenes | photography | portraiture
Neil Maskell chills in brutal, subversive revenge thriller BULL.
Shooting Neil Maskell as the revenging Bull in Paul Andrew William's brutal & subversive new thriller, released by Signature and debuting at the BFI London Film Festival in the 'Thrill' theme.
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advertising | film | location | photography | portraiture
All the Feels: photos with heart put & Juliet back in the West End
A new photo campaign for smash hit musical & Juliet, focuses on finding the feelings to entice theatre fans back for the West End reopening.
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photography | portraiture
Dramatic Spy Portraits in Lürzers 200 Best Advertising Photographers
My dramatic portraits of the actor Stephen Boxer as traitor Kim Philby in A Splinter of Ice, selected for Lürzers 200 Best Ad Photographers 2021-22!
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advertising | behind the scenes | medium format | photography | portraiture | theatre | tv
Stills in Motion: illuminating singer-songwriter Fantastic Mr Marcel
Using brilliant colours & tight shafts of light across both stills & motion portraiture to tell the story of musician Fantastic Mr Marcel in 3 different ways.
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advertising | film | photography | portraiture
First Look: Sex Education’s Emma Mackey in Emily
Scaling Wuthering Heights to capture imagery of a stunning location & cast for Frances O' Connor's feature debut about young Emily Brontë.
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advertising | film | location | photography | portraiture
I, Spy: creating Kim Philby on camera with Graham Greene.
Author meets traitor shooting atmospheric portraits of The Crown's Stephen Boxer & Star Wars' Olivier Ford Davies as retired Cold War spies with a shared history.Â
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advertising | film | medium format | photography | portraiture | theatre | tv
Creative Fusions…
Exploring the spaces between artist & art in a playful personal project pitting creatives against their creations to seek the sparks of inspiration.
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photography | portraiture
New Year, New Me. A fresh brand. A brand spanking new website.
Taking a look at the process of rebranding the business & redesigning my website, working Aitch Creative and SugarZoo.
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branding | news | photography
Fly us to the Moon: a perilous space journey with the Apollo 13 crew.
Blasting off on a mission with ace creative retoucher Vahakn Vorperian to capture striking images for streaming show Apollo 13: Dark Side of the Moon.
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advertising | film | medium format | photography | portraiture | theatre | tv
‘These Four Walls’ AOP Exhibit
My Corona Lockdown project was featured by the AOP in its weekly exhibit alongside an interview about my background, route into photography and favourite work. Although I shot it as a response to the Lockdown, and while feeling pretty creatively frustrated not to mention gripped by fear and uncertainty in the midst of the pandemic, the response to my These […]
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advertising | medium format | photography
Portrait of Britain Winner: Alice Krige aka The Borg Queen
Celebrating a win in the BJP's prestigious Portrait of Britain award, the UK's largest photo exhibition, for a portrait of the brilliant actor Alice Krige.
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awards | photography | portraiture
The Doctor in the House
Forcing my teenage sci-fi fanboy self to breathe deeply, shooting none other than The Doctor for exciting immersive show Doctor Who: Time Fracture
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advertising | film | photography | theatre
On the BBC – The Photo That Made Me…
Eight Association of Photographers members talk career-making images some beautiful contrasting work, including my shot on The Weir’ campaign for English Touring Theatre. A lovely thing cropped up this week, when I was included in a feature published on the BBC News n Pictures’ section. As the intro says: The Association of Photographers asked its members to go […]
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